‘Swish’ launches Part 1 of his 1964 SANFL Mobil cards series with Central District, one of the two new additions to SANFL League ranks in that year. You may know of Gary Window and Ken Eustice, but Sam Donovan and Jock O’Brien had colourful careers too.
Almanac Footy History: ‘Footy Frontiers and Pioneers’ at Payneham Library on May 23rd
Details of an upcoming sports history event surrounding the most enduring footy rivalry in the SANFL and one of the biggest in the country.
SANFL: Autumn in the Jungle
The weather and Glenelg were on song over North Adelaide as Michael Sexton watched, meanwhile the victorious 1973 side were celebrated on what was a perfect sunny autumn arvo.
Almanac Footy: Tony Francis – Never Take a Backward Step
A standout rover who started (and starred) at Norwood before he won a flag and B&F at the biggest club in the land, Tony Francis is the latest subject of Rulebook’s gaze.
SANFL Grand Final – Norwood v North Adelaide: A Picture Paints a Thousand Words!
Malcolm “Rulebook” Ashwood was out and amongst it celebrating Norwood’s one point win in the SANFL Grand Final.
1971 SANFL Mobil Cards – Part 10: Woodville
Here’s the final club of Swish’s SANFL 1971 Mobil Cards series, the Woodville Woodpeckers (as they were). Blight, Holland, Huppatz, Simunsen – what stars they all were!
Wayne Jackson: A life in football
An in-depth look at the life and times of highly respected former AFL CEO Wayne Jackson by Rulebook
SANFL 1973 Grand Final – Glenelg v North Adelaide: The Stud Gets Up
The 1973 SANFL Grand Final went down as a classic tussle, not decided until deep in the final term after a famous mark by Graham Cornes. Swish takes us back almost 50 years, to a time of car-salesman coaches, Vulcan oil heaters and groovy graphics.
The prehistory of Neil Kerley
Following the death of Neil ‘Knuckles’ Kerley, we revisit Mike Sexton’s interview with ‘King’ when they sat by the Murray River at the time of Kerley’s 80th birthday in 2014.
Almanac WAFL Footy: Sharks rise to the top
Les Everett provides his regular update on the WAFL and the recent interstate game against the SANFL.
An Anzac Story: The Death of Mark McGrath
This Anzac Day West Adelaide will honour Mark McGrath along with eight other former players who made the supreme sacrifice during the two World Wars. Michael Sexton shares the story of McGrath’s footy career and RAAF service.
KG Cunningham: South Australian Sporting Legend
Rulebook returns with a profile of South Australian legend KG Cunningham, cricketer, footy umpire and broadcaster extraordinaire.
Almanac Footy – SA v Victoria: Cup Day Canter for the Vics (1970)
This 1970 state game went according to the usual SA v Victoria script, but the curtain-raiser contained an intriguing team of Indigenous schoolboys from the Northern Territory.
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